Engyprosopon mogkii (Bleeker, 1854)
Dapang bilog
Engyprosopon mogkii
photo by FAO

Family:  Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Max. size:  11 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; marine; depth range 2 - 189 m
Distribution:  Indo-West Pacific: Indian Ocean, north to Taiwan to Malay Peninsula and Archipelago and the Coral Sea.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 85-87; Anal soft rays: 63-67; Vertebrae: 34-35. This species is distinguished by the following characters: no concavity on head margin anterior to lower eye; gill rakers are very slender, long and not serrate; interorbital width narrow; no sexual dimorphism in coloration on blind side of body (Ref. 126076). Description. D 85-87, A 63-67, pectoral-fin rays on ocular side 11-12 and on blind-side 8-9, caudal-fin rays 3 + 11 + 3, pelvic-fin rays on ocular-side 6, blind-side 6; lateral line scales 50-51; gill rakers 0 + 6-8; vertebrae 10 + 24-25 (Ref. 126076).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 November 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Known from Mindanao, southern Negros, Palawan, to southern Luzon. Museum: USNM 137960-81, 260468. Based on records, this species occurs in estuarines, reef sand flats, and embayments. Also Ref. 11790.


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